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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakednosMakednos, also spelled as Makedon or Macedon - ancient Greek Μακεδών Makedōn, poetic Μακηδών Makēdōn.According to Hesiod, Makednos was the founder of the ancient kingdom of Macedon (Macedonia). He was a son of Zeus and Thyia, grandson of Deucalion, first cousin to Aeolus, Dorus, Xuthus, and Graecus. Magnes was his brother.Magnes and Macedon The district of Macedonia took its name from Macedon the
son of Zeus and Thyia, DeucalionGÇÖs daughter, as Hesiod says:
GÇÿAnd she conceived and bare to Zeus who delights in the
thunderbolt two sons, Magnes and Macedon, rejoicing in
horses, who dwell round about Pieria and Olympus.GÇÖ(1)
(Hesiod, c.720 BC)
Magnhta Makhdona
Makedonia h cwra wnomasqh apo Makedonos tou
Dios kai Quias ths Deukaliwnos, ws fhsin Hsiodos:
h dGÇÖ upokusamenh Dii geinato terpikeraunw uie
duw Magnhta Makhdona QGÇÖ ippiocarmhn, oi peri
Pierihn kai Olumpon dwmat enaion. (1)
(Hsiodos, c.720 BC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MakednosMakednos, also spelled as Makedon or Macedon - ancient Greek Μακεδών Makedōn, poetic Μακηδών Makēdōn.According to Hesiod, Makednos was the founder of the ancient kingdom of Macedon (Macedonia). He was a son of Zeus and Thyia, grandson of Deucalion, first cousin to Aeolus, Dorus, Xuthus, and Graecus. Magnes was his brother.Magnes and Macedon The district of Macedonia took its name from Macedon the
son of Zeus and Thyia, DeucalionGÇÖs daughter, as Hesiod says:
GÇÿAnd she conceived and bare to Zeus who delights in the
thunderbolt two sons, Magnes and Macedon, rejoicing in
horses, who dwell round about Pieria and Olympus.GÇÖ(1)
(Hesiod, c.720 BC)
Magnhta Makhdona
Makedonia h cwra wnomasqh apo Makedonos tou
Dios kai Quias ths Deukaliwnos, ws fhsin Hsiodos:
h dGÇÖ upokusamenh Dii geinato terpikeraunw uie
duw Magnhta Makhdona QGÇÖ ippiocarmhn, oi peri
Pierihn kai Olumpon dwmat enaion. (1)
(Hsiodos, c.720 BC)

Thanks, that was helpful...Bob

This too is helpful, but if Makednos was a son of Zeus, how can he also be a son of Herekles, or he Makednon really a son of Zeus through Herekles according to Hesiod? Thanks Jim

HERACLES was suppose the be the ancestor of the DORIAN PEOPLE.Both Spartans and Macedonians claimed their Royal Houses were decendent from HERACLES. The Mythology aspect here is not the point however.The fact was that in 720 BC HESOID was aware of a Greek peoples living around Mt Olympus ( MACEDONIAN) who called themselves MAKEDONI